Lord Walney
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(13 years, 4 months ago)
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The Prime Minister
Those things are guaranteed through the Afghan constitution, and Afghanistan has made huge steps forward. Knowing President Karzai as I do, I know that he would not agree to an Afghanistan that was miles away from the sort of human rights and development goals that my hon. Friend wants to see progressed. However, we have to have a hierarchy, as it were, and the hierarchy of need from the UK’s point of view is to focus on security and the Afghan Government’s capacity to secure their own country. Other things have to take their place behind that.
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness) (Lab/Co-op)
The Prime Minister seems to be guaranteeing that the 12 extra Chinooks will be ordered. Is that right?
The Prime Minister
What I am saying is that we have made announcements about Chinooks being ordered, and we will stick to those announcements.